The U.S. Army, along with 
Boeing, has developed and is preparing to deploy a new unmanned aircraft
called the “Hummingbird.” It’s is a VTOL-UAS (vertical take-off and 
landing unmanned aerial system). Three of them are being deployed to 
Afghanistan for a full year to survey and spy on Afghanistan from an 
altitude of 20,000 feet with the ability to scan 25 square miles of 
ground surface.